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Scheme is used a lot in programming language research because it is a very clean and minimal Lisp. It's a great base for experimenting with new language constructs and compilation techniques.

The parentheses is just a thing to get used to, once you have done that you see the structure, not the characters. It 's also a win for research in that no effort need to be wasted on syntax, which usually isn't the object of study anyway.




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